I'm in! Haven't played it more than 30 seconds yet though, I'll have to check back in later. Initial impressions are it's Skyrim meets House of the Dead. The vertical screen orientation is going...
I'm in! Haven't played it more than 30 seconds yet though, I'll have to check back in later. Initial impressions are it's Skyrim meets House of the Dead. The vertical screen orientation is going to take some getting used to.
Shameless plug: if anyone would care to join me, I'll be documenting any and all Blades content over on the wiki now that I've gotten early access (they're apparently doing it in waves). Game...
Shameless plug: if anyone would care to join me, I'll be documenting any and all Blades content over on the wiki now that I've gotten early access (they're apparently doing it in waves). Game mechanics, quests, characters (including dialogue), locations, items, etc.
You know, I find the implications of your comment pretty disrespectful. I mean this in the most non-hostile way possible, because I realize that you were probably not trying to upset me, but the...
You know, I find the implications of your comment pretty disrespectful. I mean this in the most non-hostile way possible, because I realize that you were probably not trying to upset me, but the "UESP good, TESWiki bad" mantra that I see espoused in various places on the internet is rather misleading and is not conducive whatsoever to knowledge-sharing, the primary goal of both encyclopedias. Most people on both sites are perfectly fine with having a "rival wiki," if it can even be described like that; it encourages them to out-edit each other, and as a general rule has been pretty successful on either side of the aisle. We even collaborate sometimes!
As I've noted elsewhere before, I've been an administrator on the Wikia for some time now, having stepped in at a time at which it was in need of some serious repairs (in pretty much every way you can imagine!). At this point, I quite enjoy working with the community there, and the content has come a long way. I feel compelled to improve and uphold the quality of information on the site because, regardless of whatever opinions powerusers hold about it, it will always exist in some form to be absorbed by casual readers. Given that, I may as well ensure that it is as comprehensive as possible. I edit the UESP a little more intermittently, and have a number of friends on there as well. It just isn't my focus, and I don't think they particularly need my help anyway.
I can't deny (and in fact agree with) the common supposition that many of the Wikia's articles are a bit shoddy in comparison to the UESP's, particularly the ones surrounding certain lore topics. But to discredit the entirety of TESWiki based on this is frustrating, because it implies that the UESP is somehow a perfect bastion of knowledge and that TESWiki is the exact opposite (anecdotal evidence indicating that this is faulty reasoning may be seen in articles such as the Shezarrine and its UESP counterpart; both are good articles, but one is clearly better than the other). They are both wikis editable by anyone, and in consequence they both have a lot of errors lurking around. The constant elevation of the UESP annoys me because it encourages users to take anything written on there as Truth (TM), disregarding the entire methodology of encyclopedic content documentation in the first place, which is based on reliable source analysis over blind trust.
Again, I don't mean to offend in return, but the idea you've expressed is one of my pet peeves, being a little insulting to me on a personal level, and its frequent repetition really doesn't help anything.
Honestly, it's been probably my favorite mobile game to date (but that's not saying much. It's now only barely beating out Marvel's card game and I otherwise am not a huge mobile gamer). But it's...
Honestly, it's been probably my favorite mobile game to date (but that's not saying much. It's now only barely beating out Marvel's card game and I otherwise am not a huge mobile gamer). But it's a huge battery hog, so I really only play when I'm connected to a charger. I ain't about that battery drain life.
I'm in! Haven't played it more than 30 seconds yet though, I'll have to check back in later. Initial impressions are it's Skyrim meets House of the Dead. The vertical screen orientation is going to take some getting used to.
Here is a brief review from a YouTuber who reviews mobile games: The Elder Scrolls: Blades - EARLY ACCESS GAMEPLAY BETA
Shameless plug: if anyone would care to join me, I'll be documenting any and all Blades content over on the wiki now that I've gotten early access (they're apparently doing it in waves). Game mechanics, quests, characters (including dialogue), locations, items, etc.
You know, I find the implications of your comment pretty disrespectful. I mean this in the most non-hostile way possible, because I realize that you were probably not trying to upset me, but the "UESP good, TESWiki bad" mantra that I see espoused in various places on the internet is rather misleading and is not conducive whatsoever to knowledge-sharing, the primary goal of both encyclopedias. Most people on both sites are perfectly fine with having a "rival wiki," if it can even be described like that; it encourages them to out-edit each other, and as a general rule has been pretty successful on either side of the aisle. We even collaborate sometimes!
As I've noted elsewhere before, I've been an administrator on the Wikia for some time now, having stepped in at a time at which it was in need of some serious repairs (in pretty much every way you can imagine!). At this point, I quite enjoy working with the community there, and the content has come a long way. I feel compelled to improve and uphold the quality of information on the site because, regardless of whatever opinions powerusers hold about it, it will always exist in some form to be absorbed by casual readers. Given that, I may as well ensure that it is as comprehensive as possible. I edit the UESP a little more intermittently, and have a number of friends on there as well. It just isn't my focus, and I don't think they particularly need my help anyway.
I can't deny (and in fact agree with) the common supposition that many of the Wikia's articles are a bit shoddy in comparison to the UESP's, particularly the ones surrounding certain lore topics. But to discredit the entirety of TESWiki based on this is frustrating, because it implies that the UESP is somehow a perfect bastion of knowledge and that TESWiki is the exact opposite (anecdotal evidence indicating that this is faulty reasoning may be seen in articles such as the Shezarrine and its UESP counterpart; both are good articles, but one is clearly better than the other). They are both wikis editable by anyone, and in consequence they both have a lot of errors lurking around. The constant elevation of the UESP annoys me because it encourages users to take anything written on there as Truth (TM), disregarding the entire methodology of encyclopedic content documentation in the first place, which is based on reliable source analysis over blind trust.
Again, I don't mean to offend in return, but the idea you've expressed is one of my pet peeves, being a little insulting to me on a personal level, and its frequent repetition really doesn't help anything.
Honestly, it's been probably my favorite mobile game to date (but that's not saying much. It's now only barely beating out Marvel's card game and I otherwise am not a huge mobile gamer). But it's a huge battery hog, so I really only play when I'm connected to a charger. I ain't about that battery drain life.